Total Crime Rate

98.5 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 98.5 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 38.9 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 13.0 6/10
  • Burglary 10.4 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 10.4 7/10
  • Other theft 7.8 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 7.8 7/10
  • Public order 5.2 5/10
  • Other crime 2.6 2/10
  • Possession of weapons 2.6 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Laurel Road area has the 24th highest crime rate of 64 local areas in Armthorpe , and the 452nd highest crime rate of 1,002 local areas in Doncaster .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Laurel Road (DN3 2ER) in the last 12 months was 98.5 per 1,000 residents and was 6.7% higher than the Armthorpe average (92.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 15 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 150.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 18 (≈ 46.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 200.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -15.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Laurel Road (DN3 2ER), the main crime hotspot is near Lime Tree Avenue. Police recorded 47 crimes here, including 15 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Laurel Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Uplands Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Cherry Tree Road
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hatfield Lane Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Almond Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Almond Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Hawthorn Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery Hawthorn Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Willow Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Willow Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Fernbank Drive Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Chestnut Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Fernbank Drive Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lime Tree Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lime Tree Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Beech Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Beech Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Laurel Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Laurel Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Burglary Laurel Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Fernbank Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Fernbank Drive
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ash Grove Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Uplands Road
Sep 2025Other theft Cherry Tree Road Under investigation

Data Sources

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